d away from Trinity Church, leaving

s it rolled up, completely cutting off the driver.

rashed. She reached up and pulled the heavy diamond t

d two glasses of amber bourbon from the

ensation against her skin snapped her ba

e blue diamond on her left hand. "That ring stays on yo

cold stone. She nodded. "What are

devoted couple. In private, we do not interfere with each other. You will have

rground garage of a hyper-luxur

biometric elevator. It shot

entiss, the head butler, stood in the gr

eeply. "Your custom walk-in closet and

d her head and looked at Harding,

"The media pays well for leaks. To ensure the staff doesn't se

tomach tightened, but she forced her

in her tracks. A massive wall of floor-to-ceiling glass

size she only ever ordered privately from European boutiques. This wasn't a rush job. Harding had been preparing this space for her long before Connor ran away today. The realization hit her like a physical weight. This level of surveillance, this meticulous, silent observation... it wa

-necked silk pajama set. When she walked out of the bathroom

xposing the hard, muscular lines of his chest. The st

scent of his body wash-a sharp, intoxic

ug. She stared at the massiv

d the right side of the mattress. "That side is

back the heavy duvet and lay down. He

lights. Only a dim, amber reading lamp re

m. But the room was so quiet she could hea

But the heavy scent of cedarwood wrapped aro

of her past life melted away. Within ten

is eyes. He turned his head a

the curve of her cheek in the

issa," he whisper